tbh I remind same thing after Manchester 2009 or last year against Atletico.He was very lucid.He can be clear headed after an elimination , basically he tends to be ridicolous when he cries about refs ( for me he was right about Burnley though , but not for other ) ,but tbh the greatest number of coaches do it after a loss . Not just Mourinho.Serie A fans can testify " Ci puo' stare " Benitez is acting same thing under Napoli about it for example . I must still realize what he saw in Torino-Napoli lol... but that' s another story.

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He was humble in the post march intervew too until it went on longer and he started again in his passive aggressive manner to drivel about how the 'beautiful innocent British football' of his boys was cynically beaten by a dirty European team who just knows better how to waste time.I.e. completely disgraceful, insulting and breathtakingly hypocritical B.S.

Jose Mourinho accused Barcelona teenager Lionel Messi of being a talented actor after 10-man Chelsea slumped to a 2-1 defeat.

Blues boss Mourinho was furious to see Asier del Horno sent off for a first-half foul on Messi and called on the media to launch a campaign against the 18-year-old striker.

Mourinho felt the 37th-minute incident changed the game and Del Horno is now suspended for the second leg of the Champions League last-16 tie in a fortnight.

'Can Messi be suspended for acting? Barcelona is a very cultural city. You know all about theatre. You have theatres of high quality,' Mourinho said.

The Chelsea boss was angry when Michael Essien was suspended by UEFA after the group game against Liverpool for a foul which was missed by the referee at the time.

He added: 'Essien was quite correctly suspended for it after the game. So what can we do now? Can we take back the red card from Del Horno? Can we revoke his suspension from the Nou Camp.

'We go there without Essien and without Del Horno. Do I send a `B team' and concentrate on the FA Cup and the league? Can we suspend Messi for acting?'

Mourinho blames Sky TV for the Essien suspension because they showed numerous replays of the incident, and urged the broadcaster: 'Show Messi's reaction. Are you going to show it 200 times a week? Try to persuade UEFA to replay the game. Can you do this for us?

'Of course it's not a red card. Messi is not just a very good player, he is more than that. He jumps and provokes contact with Del Horno and because of that the referee gives him a red card.

'It's not a red card and for the second time we have to play 55, 60 minutes without a man and the game is completely different.

'When you are 10 against 11 you can't press up the field, you can't double-up on the wing and you can't defend deep. It's a big change.

'We can talk about these issues but I prefer to say I'm very proud of my players and we will go to Barcelona in a positive frame of mind.'

Chelsea beat Barcelona in the competition last year despite having Didier Drogba sent off in the first half of the first leg.

Barcelona boss Frank Rijkaard refused to be drawn into a war of words over the inspirational Messi, who was in terrific form.

Rijkaard said: 'I see fouls on Messi all the time and he's not a player to over-react. He gets a lot of fouls.

'There was a foul on Messi before the red card incident and I don't know if the referee decided to play an advantage.

'It was an important result for us in a special game. The game was very tense with lots of media attention before it.

'We created enough chances to win but Chelsea's goal helped us in a strange way.

'There was a distinct change in the mentality of our players after the goal.

'Before they were too tense to express themselves but they reacted positively.'http://www.espnfc.com/story/359564/mourinho-angry-at-messi-provocation

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/4737848.stm

Last Updated: Thursday, 23 February 2006, 13:24 GMT

E-mail this to a friend Printable versionMessi hits back at Mourinho jibeJose Mourinho (left) and Lionel MessiMourinho said Argentine winger Messi had "learned play acting"Barcelona winger Lionel Messi has laughed off Jose Mourinho's accusation that he overreacted in order to get Chelsea's Asier del Horno sent off.Mourinho accused Messi of "acting" after Del Horno was dismissed in Chelsea's 2-1 Champions League defeat.

"I don't do theatre," said the 18-year-old Argentine.

"I don't attach any importance to that because we know what he's like, that he likes talking, he likes to say things and heat up the atmosphere."

Messi said of the incident: "I got past Arjen Robben and Del Horno charged at me with bad intent. Luckily I see him coming and I jump because if not he would have hurt me much more."

But Mourinho was incensed by the Barca star's actions.

"How do you say cheating in Catalan?" said the Blues boss.

"Can Messi be suspended for acting? Barcelona is a cultural city with many great theatres and this boy has learned very well. He's learned play-acting."

But Messi also believes Del Horno should have been punished for an earlier incident when the left-back caught him on the knee.

"The first kick that he gave me left a mark," he said.

"The first one that was with studs up hurt me more, I certainly felt that one more, but with the victory you don't notice the kicks."

Referee Terje Hauge stood by his decision.

"I feel it is important to see the situation live," he told Norwegian television channel TV3.

"When you see it in slow motion, you can be fooled by how he got into the situation.

"I have got a good feeling myself, but the red card was a key moment for how the match would develop."

Barcelona manager Frank Rijkaard said Messi was not the type of player to exaggerate an injury.

"I see fouls on Messi all the time and he's not a player to overreact," said the Dutchman.

He added: "We created enough chances to win but Chelsea's goal helped us in a strange way.

"There was a distinct change in the mentality of our players after the goal. Before they were too tense to express themselves but they reacted positively."

Despite Del Horno's dismissal, Chelsea took the lead through Thiago Motta's own goal but John Terry scored past his own keeper for Barca to level before Samuel Eto'o headed the winner 10 minutes from time.

"I'm so proud of my players for fighting the way they did," said Mourinho.

"I would sooner they lose like this than the defeat we suffered at Middlesbrough two weeks ago.

"It is bad enough to play with 10 men against 11 when it happens against a small side and there are not many minutes left, but against a team like Barcelona and for almost an hour it is asking too much.

His antics aside he's still living off his Inter treble reputation. Won't even talk about his on the pitch shithouse "11 men behind the ball at home even against 10 men and still throw in another defender" tactics as that is beating a dead horse. But keeping Oscar and selling de Bruyne.

Look out for Chelsea coming back more strong next season. This team is far from being a finished product. All it needs is a few tweaks in the team and a couple of hacks to Mourinho to make them the greatest side.

@huntsman wrote:Look out for Chelsea coming back more strong next season. This team is far from being a finished product. All it needs is a few tweaks in the team and a couple of hacks to Mourinho to make them the greatest side.

Watch out for next year, it is the year of Hazard.

Every club you switch to goes to shit & the one before starts winning. Watch Barca flop hard rest of the season

@huntsman wrote:Look out for Chelsea coming back more strong next season. This team is far from being a finished product. All it needs is a few tweaks in the team and a couple of hacks to Mourinho to make them the greatest side.

Watch out for next year, it is the year of Hazard.

Every club you switch to goes to shit & the one before starts winning. Watch Barca flop hard rest of the season